The 7 stages of thinking a hurricane is coming, and then it just doesn’t.

This image has been updated. Hurricane Matthew (Courtesy of the National Hurricane Center)

Hurricane Matthew is the ultimate troll. It had all of Miami FREAKING out. Schools and offices closed, grocery stores cleared out, and news outlets went bananas. [Editor’s note: Not everyone was so fortunate — if you want to help out in Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica or other parts of Florida click here for a full list of groups providing resources to those affected.]

Don’t get us wrong, we’re not complaining (and we’d be more than happy if Nicole did the same) but preparing for a hurricane then getting stuck inside all day listening to drizzle does something to people.

Here are the seven stages you move through when you think you’re going to get hit by a massive double eye-wall, Cat 4 hurricane. And then you don’t.